As if admitting to smoking crack wasn't enough, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is now being sued for allegedly having his sister's ex-boyfriend beat up in jail in 2012, according to the Associated Press.
Scott MacIntyre filed a lawsuit against Ford on Wednesday seeking $1 million in damages after the mayor conspired to have him beat up by an inmate in order to keep MacIntyre from telling people about the mayor's illicit behaviors with drugs and alcohol, the AP reported.
The lawsuit says MacIntyre was placed in jail after threatening Ford and saying he planned to tell everyone about the mayors "unsavory activities," according to the AP.
He allege Ford was behind a planned assault on him in March 2012 and the lawsuit states Ford threatened MacIntyre with "dire consequences" if he did not stay quiet, the AP reported.
According to the lawsuit, Payman Aboodowleh who coached football with Ford was also in on the planned assault, the AP reported. Aboodowleh supposedly assisted Ford by having one of his former football players currently in the same penitentiary as MacIntyre to beat him up.
Aboodowleh and Ford then jointly planned with Metro West Detention Centre staff members to "ensure there was no supervision or surveillance of the area" where the assault was planned to happen, according to the lawsuit, the AP reported.
Also named in the lawsuit is Ontario's Ministry of Correctional Services who looks after all of the jails located in the province, according to the AP. The football player involved is also named in the lawsuit as Aedan Petros.
Ford's attorney Dennis Morris has called the accusations "without fact or foundation" and said there is no way the mayor conspired to have MacIntyre physically assaulted, the AP reported.
Ford, who has admitted to smoking crack and as well as having admitted to dealing with an alcohol problem, made no comment about the lawsuit when asked by reporters on Wednesday, according to the AP.
